TALES OF THE BLACK VEIL 5

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BACK FOR MORE, SO SOON AFTER TALES 4!

Tales of the Black Veil returns with 7 new tales and brings back one of the original tales of Humor and Drama about the Vampire Race!

DEJECTISSIMA- by MORGAN SHEEHAN ADAIR BUBLA:  a fatal triangle of love

A WORD FROM YOUR HOST by ROD BARNES AND ALEXANDER WARLOCKE: continuing the horror-comic tradition of starting off Tales begun by Sergei Voicu and Sir Alexi- this time, we are in a club-a Vampire Club!

THE POSER- by EUGENE KOPMAN-an interesting look at role-playing and dating.

SCENE FROM GOTHAM CHRONICLE by JOHN BARDY: more peeks into the upcoming Vampire Soap Opera developed by Rod Barnes, based on the observations of Playwright Alexander Warlocke.

INTERVENTION by PAM GITTLITZ: an interesting coming-out tale of a vampire and his dim-witted parents.

A VAMPIRE'S LAMENT: LYSANDER by ALEXANDER WARLOCKE: the final footnote to the events of Dejectissima.

FULL MOON FRIDAY  by Elias Serrano:  the social exploits of two undead best buddies.

A VAMPIRE MEETS CHRISTOPHER WALKEN  by EUGENE KOPMAN: need we say more?

 

NEW DIRECTORS, SAME SUBJECT

THE POSER,  CHRISTOPHER WALKEN MEETS A VAMPIRE - directed by EUGENE KOPMAN

INTERVENTION- directed by PAM GITTLITZ

SCENE FROM THE GOTHAM CHRONICLE, FULL MOON FRIDAY directed by JOHN BARDY

A WORD FROM YOUR HOST, DEJECTISSIMA, A VAMPIRE'S LAMENT directed by ROD BARNES

FEATURING:   REGGIE BUCKINGHAM, PATRICK J EGAN, JONATHAN BELAND, EUGENE KOPMAN, ELIAS SERRANO, JOHN BARDY, KAREN PAOLINI, LANCELOT GB SIMMONS II, AURORA MIRANDA, CLINTON C. LOWE, LEAH T BERGMAN, NANCI CONE.

 

MORTAL PLAYERS FOR A DARK STAGE...

 

Patrick J. Egan(Father, Intervention/Agent Stranix, Scenes of the Gotham Chronicle): Patrick J. Egan has appeared in The Tempest and Scrooge! A Christmas Carol with the Waterloo Bridge Theatre Company.  He is a graduate of William Esper Studio.  Other stage credits include The Water Mirrors part of the Here Theatre Series, Strangers in the House with the Riant Theatre Play Reading Series and Loyalties at the Pelican Theatre. He has been in showcases with Gotham City Improv and various short films.  Patrick has also appeared with Nightforce's THE GOTHAM CHRONICLE (2003 VERSION), TALES OF THE BLACK VEIL 4 and THE LAST MAN STANDING. Nightforce is glad to have Patrick back for another go with the Vampires on stage...

John Bardy (Director/writer, Bill, Lysander): John has been with Nightforce since first discovering Tales of the Black Veil 2 and The Gotham Chronicle. John has performed in Tales 3, 4 as well as the revival of The Gotham Chronicle and The Last Man Standing.  He is a self-trained Filmmaker/Director/Actor / Star Wars Fanatic and "guerilla filmmaking disciple" of Robert Rodriquez.  He is currently at work on a fanfilm for release sometime after 2007.

Eugene Kopman (Director/writer, Lord Tim): Eugene is a rising Actor/Filmmaker with a lot of improv chops.  He has debuted for Nightforce in Tales 4 and has been doing a number of improv shows across the city.  He also does real estate.

Elias Serrano (Writer, Doug, Alex Warlock, Carson): Elias retruns to Nightforce after a brief hiatus.  He started with Nightforce after first seeing Tales of the Black Veil and began his return to acting as of the original version of The Gotham Chronicle in 2000.  He then stepped up to directing as of Tales 3 with Hero of the Vampire Underworld and Tales 4 with Frederick Schwartz's Last Night on Earth.  He has also appeared in By Unseen Hand, The Last Man Standing and the revival of The Gotham Chronicle as Alex Warlock.  He is also known as DJ Spazmachine and can be seen spinning at Otto's Shrunken Head in the East Village.

Aurora Miranda (Shirley, Lady Celestine, Helen): Aurora makes her Nightforce acting debut after seeing virtually all of the shows produced by Nightforce.  She works in Advertising and has just completed her degree in Hotel Management.

Karen Paolini (vampire, extra)
Training:  American Academy of Dramatic Arts, H.B. Studios.
Film:  "Squashy, Squash It" - Officer Dowvey-Naye, "Eastside Story" - Mother, "Demolition Man" - Jhade. Theatre:  "Far Side of Paradise" - Diane, "Antigone" - Euridice, "Everything in the Garden" - Mrs. Toothie.  "Spooky House" - Witch, "Queen Mary Shipwreck 2201, 2002" - Monster, Artic Ghost, "The King & I" - wife, dancer, Radio News Announcer/Reporter.
Reggie Buckingham(extra, Mother, bartender) 
Reggie Buckingham studied at T. Schrieber and H. B. Studios. The suspect was last seen in "The Right to Life", and is believed to be headed for Joria Productions with a group of vampyres. Her own parents have offered large amounts of money for her acting classes. The suspect is considered to be an actor member of NYC Playwrights. Pam, thanks for casting me! And thank you, Reggie for choosing Nightforce for your acting needs!
Lancelot GB Simmons II (Dan, Sir Nicholas, CRUSADER PRIEST)
Lancelot has finally come back to Nightforce after doing many plays and films and a lot of begging from the Producer.  Lancelot is veteran comic genius who has appeared and numerous stage, film and Television shows inlcuding USA's Up All Night, has been featured in the movie Tap with Sammy Davis, Jr and is currently portraying Sammy Davis Jr in the upcoming film American Gangster with Denzel Washington.  with Nightforce, lance has outdone himself in The Last Night at College, and the Gotham Chronicle (original cast).
Jonathan Beland (Kurt, Vex, Charlemagne)
Jonathan makes his Nightforce debut in Tales 5.  We pray he will join us for Tales 6.
Carmella Bloom (Dynasty, Lady Celestine)
Carmella comes to us by way of Australia.  Like that other hot chick from Australia (Nicole Kidman, Lucy Lawless-pick one).  We hope she gets to stick around for Tales 6 but she will be heading back home hopefully for a breif vacation before making yet another go at the Hollywood System with the rest of us.
Pam Gittlitz (Director/Writer)
Pam makes her directing debut with Nightforce after first performing in Tales 5 and The Last Man Standing in 2004.  She is also a Drama Student at Hunter College as well as an up and coming Stage Designer/technician in training.

Rod Barnes (Exec. Producer, Director, Writer, Tech Designs, Chief Pain in the Neck)
 Rod is the guy responsible for Tales of the Black Veil-and Last Man Standing, the Gotham Chronicle and a couple of other shows produced by Nightforce International (which he founded after attending Hofstra University)-there's more but you'd have to see the website first!  an accomplished writer/actor (see some AMC psa's)/director/etc/etc, he has been through...a lot in the business and wants to make something of it before his time-or someone better beats him to it.  He plans to do even bigger and darker things in the days and nights to come. more about him at www.nightforceinternational.freeservers.com and this website

Morgan Sheehan Adair-Bubla (Writer)

Morgan was one of the original performers/writers of Tales of the Black Veil.  She later moved on to pursue intensive acting courses in St Petersburg soon after.  she is presumed back in the states pursuing other writing/directing and performing endeavours.

 

Clinton C. Lowe (Vampire, Jimmy, Hip-hop Dancer, Crusader Commando)

Clinton comes to us from doing a number of Hip-Hop shows and some Stage work with the Ujaama Stage Ensemble.  This is his First production with Nightforce and he hopes not to make it his last.

Leah T Bergman (Misstress Nun, 80's Dancer)
Leah was one of the last minute additions to the cast and a very welcome one.
Nanci Cone (Helga, Tiffany)
Nanci was another welcome last-minute additions to the cast.  The directors were very happy to have her and look forward to seeing her again in our next production.